I’ve been trying an eye cream called Lumière from NeoCutis, which I heard about from a dermatologist. The company’s Web site is often free of the “magic” words many companies use to entice buyers. No mention of regrowing collagen or elastin, nothing about “youthful-looking,” just … normal.

“And the next thing you know, your son is ... hearing him tell about horse-race gambling. Not a wholesome trotting race, no! But a race where they sit down right on the horse!” — Harold Hill, “The Music Man” (1957)

Police officers say low morale, lack of pay raises and shrinking resources make it harder to justify staying on the Mesa Police Department as the city faces a financial crisis.

Police officers say low morale, lack of pay raises and shrinking resources make it harder to justify staying on the Mesa Police Department as the city faces a financial crisis.

Strip clubs unnerve many people, and lately there’s a lot of gastritis being suffered in Scottsdale over them. Still — as we said last week when saying that we don’t find anything to recommend about Scottsdale’s strip clubs — they are legal under the First Amendment.

Legalizing marijuana with an age limit and mandatory warnings of its drawbacks will bring choice to grown adults. Legislating morality has NEVER worked. See prohibition’s chaos and loss of life, not to mention enriching mafia thugs and gangsters.

A Gilbert photographer and portrait studio owner is participating in a national effort to send 10,000 free family photographs to troops stationed overseas.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Scottsdale municipal employees strongly support the mission and values of the city government, but conclude that top leaders often fall short in applying them, both inside and outside the organization.

Scottsdale wants to survey more city workers to see how it rates on morale issues and workplace conditions.

State lawmakers are moving on several fronts to create a legal link between Arizona's investments and morality.But how tight that link would be varies.

A Scottsdale city councilman, who says he’s been told city employees are plagued by low morale and a hostile work environment, has called for a public discussion of the issue.

LOS ANGELES - There is nothing to celebrate this morning. Arizona State has lost three straight games. It’s 0-3 in the Pac-10, and all those ugly numbers that define Dirk Koetter’s tenure — 2-19 against top-25 clubs and 0-12 against Pac-10 teams in the state of California — will live on in infamy.

Although the former Phoenix Open is now the FBR Open, those running the event insist that attendees to this week’s activities will enjoy the same tournament, the same experience.

I find the opposition to Obamacare a gross, contradictory, and hypocritical position held by certain elected officials who represent the citizens of this great country.